biometric trends for 2017 webinar

Biometric Trends for 2017

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SpeakerAlan Goode• Founder & Managing Director, Goode

Intelligence• Technology and Management consultant with

over 18 years of experience• Specializes in Telecommunications and

Information Security


AgendaAs the new year approaches, it’s an opportune time to take a look at how innovations in related technology are going to impact biometrics, and how different markets, including healthcare and financial services, could bedeploying biometric authentication in 2017.

In this webinar we’ll discuss:

• Predictions for adoption and technology including• Mobile• Smartcard• Wearable• IoT

• Market activity (hot areas for growth)


2017 Biometric TrendsMobile


Mobile Biometric Trends• Only been three years since Touch ID

introduced on iPhone 5s in 2013

• Now every major smart mobile device ships with integrated biometric sensor with native biometric APIs• Fingerprint Sensors• Iris recognition support (camera modifications)

• Software biometric applications leverage built-in capabilities• Camera for touchless fingerprint & facial

recognition• Microphone for voice• Touchscreen for behavioral


Mobile Biometric Trends• Integrated Sensors - Fingerprint

• Dominates with over 1 billion devices available for 2017 (source Goode Intelligence)

• Low-cost small-area size sensors are adequate for low-risk scenarios

• New fingerprint technology arriving:• Ultrasound• Optical• In-glass (through screen no button)

• Arms-race to improve anti-spoof and liveness capabilities

• Native APIs allow third-party access to fingerprint service – opens the door


Mobile Biometric Trends• Integrated Sensors – Iris

• Emergence of Iris recognition on mobile during 2016

• Requires Near-Infrared (NIR) light to provide lighting for iris

• Handful of smart mobile devices including Fujitsu Arrows NX F-04G and Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (discontinued due to battery issues)

• Iris deemed to provide better security & aimed for higher levels of assurance including enterprise use

• 2017 will see more mobile devices ship with Iris recognition capability – not a fingerprint replacement

• Tens of millions of devices


Mobile Biometric Trends• Mobile Biometric Applications - Contactless

Fingerprint• Leverages rear-facing camera • Available on virtually all smart mobile devices • Not restricted to native systems that always store the

template on the device• Includes Veridium’s 4 Fingers TouchlessID

• Captures four fingers• >500 DPI resolution – same as high-end fingerprint

sensors• Good liveness and anti-spoof capability• Supports authentication and identity applications


Biometric TrendsSmart Card


Smart Card Biometric Trends

Two main models:

• Integrated sensor on card

• Biometric template stored on card



• Integrated Sensor:• Fingerprint • ECG (heartrate)• Fingerprint:

• PIN replacement• Pilots in 2016 for payments & physical access control• Sensor suppliers ramping up orders for 2017• Adds cost to smart cards – substantial increases for

EMV cards• ECG (heartrate):

• Early proof of concept stages



• Biometric template on card• Match-on-card• Predominantly fingerprint• Other modalities used in national ID schemes (India’s UID)• Converged national ID and payment biometric cards• Enrolment & verification using stand-alone biometric

reader with match on card• VISA has EMV biometric card specification

• 145 million biometric payment cards for 2017 (source Goode Intelligence)


Biometric TrendsWearable


Wearable Biometric Trends

• Between ‘Innovation’ & ‘Pilot’ stages of adoption curve

• Biometrics feature on wearable devices primarily for health & lifestyle monitoring

• Limited examples for authentication & identity• Nymi band using ECG• Consortium creating proof-of-concept for fingerprint

integration on smart watches


Wearable Biometric Predictions

• Prediction that biometric sensors will be integrated into consumer wearables for authentication & identity during 2017

• Opportunity for converged physical / logical access control especially for enterprises


Biometric TrendsInternet of Things (IoT)


IoT Biometric Trends

• IoT covers so many ‘Things’

• Share common biometric identity applications for access & authorization including:• Opening a door (Home & Auto)• Accessing home automation, security & entertainment

services• Payment

• Two areas of ‘Things’ that offer opportunity for biometrics are:• Home• Automobile


IoT Biometric Trends• Home IoT Biometrics

• At innovation & opportunity stage• Home automation control systems

• Temperature• Security• Lighting• Entertainment

• Access control• Biometric-controlled door locks

• Models include:• Smartphone as home controller• IoT device integration - Example is voice control &

potential for biometric authentication:• Siri• Amazon Echo (Alexa)• Google Home


IoT Biometric Trends

• Automobile IoT• Many adoption models including:

• Biometric sensor integrated into car:• Lock• Touchscreen • Steering wheel

• Biometric sensor integrated into key• Biometric enabled smart mobile device• Biometric enabled watch

• Platform wars coming to the auto industry• Biometric identity seen as enabling disruptive services:

• Car sharing• Autonomous & driverless cars


Biometric TrendsMarket Overview


Biometric Trends 2017 – Market Overview

• Increasing levels of biometric authentication adoption across all verticals in particular finance, healthcare and enterprise

• Mobile continues to be dominant biometric device• More mobile devices supporting both single and multiple sensors• Mobile Biometrics to dominate the 2FA and MFA markets• Mobile Biometric software applications to reduce reliance on natively supplied

biometric services & to enable service providers to regain control of their user’s identities


Biometric Trends 2017 – Market Overview

• Native mobile biometric service ‘opens the door’ & then biometric authentication platform supports full-service delivery

• Anti-spoof and liveness becomes increasingly important to counteract higher levels of attacks as biometrics becomes predominant user authentication mechanism


Biometric Trends 2017 – Market OverviewFinancial Services

• Biometric authentication platforms to support omni-channel financial services – rather than point & ‘siloed’ solutions

• Twin drivers of financial fraud reduction and increasing customer convenience

• Widespread and accelerated adoption across all sectors of finance including traditional and challenger (FinTech)

• By 2020 over 16 billion mobile biometric payment transactions will be made (source Goode Intelligence)


Biometric Trends 2017 – Market OverviewHealthcare

• Slower to adopt than financial services

• From 2017 will see greater adoption

• Driven by regulation and rising cases of medical identity theft

• Ability to provide convenient method to verify patient identity and authenticate healthcare workers

• By 2020 market opportunity will enable a $5-6 billion industry (source Goode Intelligence)


Biometric Trends 2017 – Market OverviewEnterprise

• Concerns over security and accuracy of some biometric authentication services has restricted deployment to a handful of examples

• Opportunity for converged physical and logical biometric identity services to allow access to buildings and digital resources

• 2017 shall see increasing levels of enterprise biometric adoption driven by arrival of enterprise-grade biometric authentication and identity services supporting enterprise active directory implementations

• By 2020 market opportunity will enable a $2-3 billion industry rising from current valuation of $300 million (source Goode Intelligence)


Biometric Trends 2017 – Summary

• Biometrics is one of the hottest areas of technology at the moment

• We are only scratching the surface of its capabilities

• The availability of integrated biometric sensors in widely available consumer devices and the ability of biometric applications to leverage built-in hardware is enabling a revolution in identity across all major industries


Biometric Trends 2017 – Summary

• Enabling new models of service provision• Great example is car sharing services based on autonomous vehicles

• Important to build a biometric authentication solution based on all of your requirements and to ensure its meets both internal security policy and external regulation

• Basing this on a scalable enterprise-grade platform with strong levels of identity assurance and end-to-end security is critical


QUESTIONS?Alan Goode

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